Chapter 213 Source of Intelligence
◎Day 13 of the Highway Survival Game!◎
His original plan was to pretend to the Public Security Headquarters that he had received an absolute order from the organization to kidnap Curaçao, while at the same time pretending to the organization that he was rescuing Curaçao to prove his innocence.
He instructed Curaçao to transmit his information to the organization. Once the information was investigated, the age discrepancy would immediately be resolved, clearing him of suspicion.
At the same time, in order to find out the specifics, the organization will definitely investigate the true owner of that information. With the organization's power, no matter where he is hiding in Japan, they will be able to dig him out.
Without knowing any information about the future, Conan on the other end of the phone naturally couldn't deduce Bourbon's role in this incident related to the organization. So, upon hearing his answer, he immediately said anxiously, "It's good that you're there."
I discovered that a large amount of explosives has been planted on the Ferris wheel in the center of the Tokyo Aquarium. I suspect it's part of an organization's preparations to retake Curaçao. If these explosives are detonated, all the visitors attending the evening light show will be in great danger. Can you arrange for an explosives disposal team to remove these dangerous items?
"What? How could it be so fast?" Bourbon was shocked. Without even investigating, he could guess that this was Gin's doing. That guy's reasoning ability was no less than Shinichi Kudo's.
His insight was even more astonishing; only he could deduce from some clues that the police would definitely bring Curaçao to this aquarium and make preparations here in advance to reclaim Curaçao.
Hearing Bourbon's surprise, Conan, equally shocked, couldn't help but remark, "I'm surprised too. It feels like the people in the organization can predict the future."
Judging from the number of bombs found here, the installation must have started two hours before Curaçao was taken to the aquarium, when she was still in the hospital!
It felt like even while Curaçao was still in the hospital, someone in the organization was already thinking ahead and had predicted that things would eventually develop to the point where Curaçao would be taken to the Tokyo Aquarium, so they were making preparations in advance.
"..." Hearing Conan say that, Bourbon felt even more frustrated. Gin was simply...
Before he could even finish mentally ranting about Bourbon, he heard Shuichi Akai, whom he had just punched, staring intently at his phone, glancing at the screen and then at the giant Ferris wheel below.
Then, slightly surprised, she raised an eyebrow and said to Bourbon, "Bourbon, those guys are here. They're downstairs. You haven't forgotten what we agreed on last year, have you?"
"What?" Bourbon was thinking about how to properly handle the bombs when he heard Shuichi Akai say this. He was surprised and asked back, but quickly realized what Shuichi Akai was doing.
He took out his phone, turned on the magnifying glass function, and scanned the area below the Ferris wheel. Then, he saw the familiar faces of his three friends on his phone screen. Hagiwara was talking on his phone, while Matsuda and Hiro were standing next to him listening.
This situation confused him. Why were Hiro and the others here? Why today, and not yesterday when they had agreed? And most importantly, since they were here, why didn't they call him?
However, the moment these questions arose, he quickly realized that he had two most frequently used phone numbers, one of which belonged to the person impersonating Amuro Tooru, a person known to his friends and the organization.
Of course, the historical information of this phone number was altered by the Ministry of Public Security after he joined the police force, so the organization would not be able to find out his real identity or occupation based on this phone number.
The other phone number belongs to the Ministry of Public Security and is a work number that will not be turned off unless he is dead or in a particularly urgent situation.
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When he escaped from Gin's side today, in order to avoid being contacted by the organization before resolving the undercover crisis, he deliberately turned off Amuro Tooru's personal cell phone, leaving only the cell phone used by the Public Security Bureau on so that he could contact his colleagues in the Public Security Bureau at any time.
It's probably because Hagiwara and the others also called him, but they didn't have his police phone number, and they couldn't get through to Amuro Tooru's number. Also, last time, because Gin arrived too quickly, there was a sudden punishment mission involving mutated termites.
This prevented them from finding an opportunity to tell Hagiwara and the others about the other way of contacting him, which is why they didn't contact him. Conan, on the other hand, was more thorough. After learning his identity, he asked for both of his contact methods and even his email address.
However, Hiro knew his police work number, so why didn't he tell Hagiwara and the others so they could contact him? Did he deduce that he was in danger because he turned off Amuro Tooru's phone?
Was he worried that calling the police at this time would expose his identity, which is why he didn't tell Hagiwara? Or did he tell Hagiwara and the others, but they felt their situation might be precarious, so they didn't contact him? Hagiwara is probably talking to Gin right now.
However, since Hagiwara is here, Gin's sister must be here too. Their presence here means that this place has been selected as a dungeon area by the game, which means that some kind of destruction event will occur here in the original development.
Referring to the bomb on the Ferris wheel, Curaçao is inside one of the Ferris wheel cabins. Even if the organization doesn't reclaim her, they'll likely silence her to prevent her from being forced to speak by the police. If the organization and the police were to engage in a direct firefight, large-scale casualties and destruction would be a normal development…
Fortunately, judging from the situation during their last meeting, Gin, who is cold-blooded and ruthless and capable of killing anyone, treats that sister differently and is someone he would treat specially. It can be inferred that his sister is here.
He figured he wouldn't cause mass casualties in this area to avoid affecting Feng Sang. After deducing this, he immediately put his phone back to his ear and confidently said to Conan on the other end of the phone, "Don't worry about those bombs, they won't explode."
"Huh? Did the police discover it a long time ago and make preparations in advance?" Conan's curiosity was very strong. He thought he was the first person to discover the organization's move.
Now that I've heard what Bourbon said, it seems that his reasoning was wrong. I can't help but wonder how the police knew about the organization's actions in advance and even made corresponding arrangements.
In response to his question, Bourbon, a professional riddler with a slightly cunning personality, replied in a mysterious and mischievous tone: "Well! Maybe the organization is currently having a headache about how to retrieve these dangerous items!"
"Uh..." This suspense made Conan's eyes widen. Was Amuro-san doing this on purpose, speaking in riddles to someone so curious? Absolutely on purpose. o(￣ヘ￣o＃)
Unfortunately, before he could complain, Bourbon on the other side continued, "In short, I'll handle things at the East Capital Aquarium. I can resolve issues with the organization, the police, Curaçao, and other matters."
The organizers will probably be here soon, so you'd better take your friends and leave quickly! Okay, I have some things to take care of, I'll hang up now.
"Hello! Hello! Hello!" Conan looked at the phone that was hung up abruptly, his eyes now forming a crescent shape full of sarcastic intent. He thought to himself with annoyance, "Amuro-san seems to be hiding something in this incident."
And now he seems to have no sense of crisis about resolving the issue of his undercover identity being discovered by Curaçao. Why? Has he already found a way to resolve the exposure of his undercover identity? Or is there a secret hidden within that he is unaware of?
Indeed, there are many suspicious points in this incident. Why would the Public Security Headquarters have a list of undercover agents from various countries investigating the organization, including even the identity information of Amuro-san from the Japanese Public Security Headquarters? How were members of the organization able to infiltrate the heavily guarded Public Security Headquarters so easily...?
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Just as Conan was filled with doubt, Bourbon, who was on the Ferris wheel, hung up his phone and looked up at Shuichi Akai with an annoyance. Shuichi Akai, on the other hand, looked back at him calmly.
And seemingly having deduced something from his previous conversation, she asked casually, "Were you talking to that overly clever boy just now? He was the one who informed me of your and Gil's dangerous situation and asked me to find a way to help."
"You didn't need to interfere at all back then." Because of his relationship with Gin's sister, he knew that Gin had no intention of killing him when he was in the warehouse. After all, in the future that Hagiwara and the others had fabricated, he was a loyal member of the organization who survived.
He made many contributions to the organization's resurgence, but without conclusive evidence that he was truly a traitor, he would not kill himself in order to ensure that his sister would not be captured and taken to the game and would be paired with the "Granwitt" and "Dalmore" he had "trained" in the future.
There's no point in thinking about this now. Conan and this guy were just being kind because they didn't have enough information. With that thought, he put the matter aside and looked at Shuichi Akai, asking in a strange tone, "The warehouse matter was information passed to you by Conan."
And what about last night? How did you know last night that members of the organization would infiltrate the Public Security Bureau to steal the list, and how were you able to intercept them so precisely and timely on their escape route from Curaçao?
"What are you doubting?" With Shuichi Akai's keen senses, he immediately sensed the hidden meaning in Bourbon's tone. However, after deducing the possible fate of his father, he felt that Bourbon's hidden meaning was wrong.
He replied, "It was James who received intelligence from above that the FBI's spy planted in the Japanese Public Security Ministry had received information from your side and was preparing a 'fishing operation.' His intention was to use your operation to have our people capture high-ranking members of the organization."
We will conduct more intelligence gathering. Although I agreed to participate in this mission, since we had an agreement last year, and I know you wouldn't like this development, I naturally won't actually try to steal people from your side.
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